Innovative Cancer Treatment from Doctors Leading the Field

Immunotherapy is an exciting and innovative way to treat cancer. It improves your body’s own immune system’s ability to fight cancer. This is different from other kinds of cancer treatment that attack the cancer itself. Immunotherapy makes your body better at finding and killing cancer cells. Your doctors use it by itself or in combination with other treatments like chemotherapy, radiation and surgery for the best outcome.

Our doctors have studied and treated cancer for more than forty years. Our expert teams lead the way in this new treatment. Immunotherapy gives hope to many cancer patients. It has shown great results for many people. If you are treated with immunotherapy, you can live longer without your cancer coming back. It can also help you feel better during and after treatment.

Immunotherapy Helps Your Body Fight Cancer Better

Your immune system defends you against threats, including cancer. White blood cells patrol your bloodstream like soldiers. They identify and combat harmful invaders like bacteria and viruses. Cancer cells can be sneaky, though, and disguise themselves to hide from your immune system.

Immunotherapy enhances your body’s defenses in three key ways:

• It improves your immune system’s ability to recognize cancer cells.
• It strengthens your immune response, sending more “soldiers” to fight.
• It provides “high-tech” weapons for your body to use to combat cancer.

This treatment focuses on cancer cells and leaves healthy cells alone. Thus, people treated with immunotherapy have fewer side effects than with other treatments.

Types of Immunotherapies

There are several types of immunotherapies, each working in unique ways:

• Cancer vaccines: These wake up your immune system to fight certain kinds of cancer.
• Checkpoint inhibitors: These remove cancer’s shields and help your body attack the cancer.
• CAR T-cell therapy: Our doctors take some of your immune cells and teach them to find and fight cancer better. Then we put them back in your body.
• Cytokines and immunomodulators: These give your whole immune system a boost to fight harder.
• Monoclonal antibodies: These are special proteins we make in a lab. They are another way to help your immune system spot and fight cancer cells.

What Immunotherapy Offers You During Your Cancer Treatment

• Potential for long-lasting remissions (cancer-free time): Some patients stay cancer-free for a long time.
• It’s gentler on your body: Immunotherapy usually causes fewer and less serious problems than treatments like chemotherapy or radiation.
• It targets cancer cells better: It is good at finding cancer and leaving healthy parts of your body alone.
• It works well with other treatments: Doctors can use it along with chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to fight cancer even harder.
• It may help you feel better during and after your treatment.